Desformylgramicidin: A model channel with an extremely high water permeability

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 2526-2534

  Saparov, Sapar M ^a   Antonenko, Yuri N ^b   Koeppe II, Roger E ^c   Pohl, Peter ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN; AQUAPORIN P4; AQUAPORIN PZ; DEFORMYLGRAMICIDIN; GRAMICIDIN A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; HYDRAULIC PERMEABILITY; ION PERMEABILITY; LIPID BILAYER; MEMBRANE MODEL; MICROELECTRODE; PH; POTASSIUM CONDUCTANCE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTON TRANSPORT; SODIUM CONDUCTANCE; WATER PERMEABILITY; WATER TRANSPORT;

EID: 0033737006     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(00)76493-9     Document Type: Article

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